Simple Way to Halve the Risk of Heart Attack / Stroke

Simple Way to Halve the Risk of Heart Attack / Stroke

Cutting out a little time for daytime sleep only twice a week can significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. Scientists from the University of Lausanne shared this simple way of salvation from dangerous vascular pathologies.

“A short day’s sleep no more than twice a week reduces the risk of stroke and heart attack by 48%,” said scientists in a publication of the journal Heart.

In favor of this opinion, scientists say the data of eight-year observations of 3262 patients, whose average age was 55 years.

After analyzing the set of information received during this time, experts concluded that the duration of daytime sleep saving for the heart and brain can be as little as 30 minutes. At the same time, scientists note, even in the presence of negative factors, for example, smoking or overweight, the positive effect of sleep on reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke persists.

At the same time, the authors of the work stated that for people over the age of 65 they did not record a similar benefit from daytime sleep. On the contrary, experts say, pronounced daytime sleepiness at this age is more likely a sign of existing health problems.